Peer Tutoring & Social Learning

1. Dr.Jaganmohana Rao
Faculty of Education
MITE, Kohima

2. Peer Tutoring & Social Learning
Peer tutoring is the process
between two or more students in a
group where one of the students
acts as a tutor for the other group-
mate(s). Peer tutoring can be
applied among students of the
same age or students belonging to
different age groups.

3. Types of Peer Tutoring:
Incidental Peer Tutoring Incidental Peer
Tutoring Whenever children are cooperating,
playing or studying and one guides the others,
it may be stated that we have a kind of
incidental peer tutoring.
Structured Peer Tutoring Structured Peer
Tutoring This refers to peer tutoring
implemented in specific cases and for specific
subjects, following a well- structured plan
prepared by the teacher.

4. How to use:
Select the lesson that you consider convenient for you to
implement peer tutoring.
Make any necessary rearrangements of your time
schedule in order to be able to proceed with the activity
in the selected subject.
Set up mixed age groups of students for the subject you
want to teach.
Select the peer tutors for each group and design
activities
Develop special modules and worksheets for students if
necessary
Pairing older students with younger students (ex. Sixth
graders tutoring with fifth graders)

5. Designing, Developing & Implementing peer
Tutoring Activities
Good Planning
Careful selection of tutors
Detailed design of tutoring activities
Ongoing supervision and support for tutors
Utilise school resources and ICT infrastructure
Keep record of the students’ activities
Discuss with peer tutors
Discuss with tutees

6. Advantages of Using Peer Tutoring
 Tutees receive individualized instruction, as through
their own teacher. Immediately, errors are corrected
and rewards for good performance are awarded.
 Values of cooperation, respect for one another and
reciprocal attitudes are inculcated.
 Working in smaller groups with monitors around
minimizes discipline problems or indifferences to get
actively involved.
 Tutors develop their ability and skill to teach and
guide other students.

7. SOCIAL LEARNING
Psychologist Albert Bandura’s
theory on social learning is simple
– by nature, humans are social
beings who learn from observing
others and their surroundings.
People learn from one another,
either by imitation, modelling or
observance.

8. How social learning works
There are four main stages of social learning:
Attention – external or internal factors that influence
whether attention is increased or decreased. Social
Cognitive Theory implies that students must pay
attention if they want to learn.
Retention – absorbing what you paid attention to
and being able to remember it.
Reproduction – being able to reproduce what was
learnt.
Motivation – the drive behind being able to imitate
information. (+ve Reinforcement)

9. How to utilise social learning in the modern
classroom:
Social learning is one approach to education, where
“formal” learning is combined with learning from the
community.
Social learning is about helping each other and building
networks, which is why it’s crucial to create more
collaborative spaces for students where they can share
knowledge and have conversations about their learning.
A virtual community where students can share ideas and
knowledge, without some of the stress that is associated
with speaking up in class, will make for an effective way
of learning.

10. Some benefits of social learning include:
Increased engagement across disengaged learners
Students developing self organisation skills
Encouraged collaboration
Developing skills that can be used in the workforce
Develop and encouraging classroom environment
Bridges the gap between cognitive and behavioural
learning theories
It encompasses attention, memory and motivation